Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4770, Wednesday 3 February 1943
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Date:Wednesday 3 February 1943
Time:21:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:106 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4770
MSN: ZN-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Impacted at Lichtenmoor -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Syerston
Destination airport:Hamburg
Narrative:
Took off from RAF Syerston at 18:05.
Hit by 4/schw Flak Abt 262, 2/schw Flak Abt 611 1, 2 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606 and 3/Res Flak Abt 222. Impacted at Lichtenmoor near Heemsen North of Nienburg at 21:30.
The crew were initially buried in Wunsdorf Cemetery. Reinterred 19 June 1947.
Crew
Pilot: 1098655 Sgt Philip Noel Reed - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 11 Row F Grave 19.
Flight Engineer: 614340 Sgt Francis McNeil - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 12 Row F Collective Grave 15-17.
Navigator: 126511 Plt Off Cecil Gordon Jones - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 12 Row F Collective Grave 15-17.
Bomb Aimer: 1382059 Sgt Roy Edward Cooke - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 12 Row F
Collective Grave 15-17.
Wireless Operator: R/96684 Flt Sgt Joseph Rosario Arthur Coulombe RCAF - Hannover War Cemetery
Mid Upper Gunner: 1437035 Sgt Arthur William Thomas - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 11 Row F Grave 15.
Rear Gunner: 983952 Sgt Kenneth Loach - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 11 Row F Grave 16.

Sources:

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=W4770
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=w4770&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten
Bomber Command Losses 1943 - W R Chorley

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Aug-2021 16:33 tachel Added
07-Feb-2025 18:04 Anon. Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ]

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